The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

LIVE PAPERS 8. 1--WE TOWNS.
The following article, which first ap
peared In the Atchison Cham
pion, is being extensively cop
led in the newspapers through
out the state, and in many cases with
sort of whining accompaniment re
garding the poor patronage given TO
them in the cities where they are lOcas
ted, as compared with that given the
Eagle by the people Of Wichita. But
then there is another side to all this.
A paper which only takes a Spasmodic
fit of writing for the benefit Of the
town to which it belongs, and only
then in hopes of an immediate increase
of revenue through extra sales of pa
pers, can In no sense be compared with
the Wichita Eagle, which has in time
and out of time made it a business to
write only good things of its city and
citizens, (interspersed with puffs for
Marsh Murdock). A newspaper which
has the interests Of its city truly ct
heart and never looses an opportunity
Of speaking its praises, Is bound to be
appreciated by the people, and
If the city goes up SO
will the paper that aids it to dc
so. While most Of the ideas contained
in the article below are excellent, yet
the general tenor carried in most of the
comments made in connection with II
when copied are to the effect that the
papers so commenting are not duly ap-
preciated by the towns wherein they
are located. This whine is especially
noticeable by all the Atchison papers
Except one,) who meyer seem to tire in
calling attention to their limited ad-
vertising patronage. This alone is
enough to knock all the boom cut of
Atchison, if she ever had any. Gentle
men, get up, stir around and make a
live paper and you will find that the
people will not be slow to recognize
your worth. Emporia, according to
what Atchison people say, is place OF
not half the size of the latter named
city, and has for few years past had
a reputation of sleepiness. Yet, judg-
ing by her papers and their advertising
patronage with one exception) she is
the peer of any city in the state. Fol-
lowing is the article referred to:
Personal interests and individual
benefits must all be Subordinated to the
public veal. If, in Wichita, citizen
should refuse to sell, at reasonable
prices, any lots he owned, and thereby
prevent the building of a hotel, or de-
pot, or factory, or retard or prevent
any enterprise or improvement of value
or Importance to the growth of the city
| he would be held and treated as a public
| enemy. The writer heard Col. Muir
| dock tell, quietly and modestly, the
story of his newspaper, the Eagle, and
it was the story of Wichita. He began
its publication when Wichita was a
small village, and from that day to the
present he had never, he said, solicited
an adyertisement-the people of Wich-
tia had kept the columns Of the Eagle
crowded with advertisements, at the
best rates, without solicitation. When
| ever he published an issue containing
a "boom" article, every man in the
| city bought extra copies, and sent
them broadcast over the east. So the
Eagle had been able, always, to pre-
sent Wichita in its best light and what
ever it said about Wichita was sure Of
wide circulation through the distri.
button made by the people. The city
of the Arkansas valley has fairly wor
the triumph it has achieved-wOn it by
the enterprise and energy of its aggres
sive people; won it by such a union OF
effort as has rarely been known in any
community; won it by standing up fol
and defending everything Wichita has
won it by sustaining its newspapers
generously and helping them to spread
broadcast the news of Wichita'E
growth; and above all, won it by sit
ting down, hard and suddenly, on ev-
rybody who deprecated Wichita, o.
Wichita's things, or who, acting the
part of the dog-iA-the-manger, endeav
ored to prevent or discourage any ont
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